Why do the best of people let drugs take over their lives?

06/19/2020

Why have the best of people let drugs taken over their life? This topic is something that means a lot to me and it’s something I want people who don’t know that much about it, gain some knowledge or even just have some empathy for the ones struggling around them. Drugs are the DEVIL 100% and I had to learn this the hard way without having someone teach me. The ones I love the most are going through this battle or they have let it completely taken over their life which has resulted in death. 2 of the most beloved people to me have died because of this issue that the whole world is dealing with.

My first reason for this topic of my essay is maybe that person who has any kind of addiction problem might not feel like they are good enough. I think those who do feel like this might feel like it because that is all they were ever told. Maybe they grew up in a home where every time they did something they got yelled at because it was not right. Maybe their whole life growing up they had people talk down on them all the time and these people did not have and sympathy at all for what they were saying to the person who was being affected by these words. There are many reasons why you could feel you are not good enough these reasons go beyond anything that is proof because this effects their feelings and how they react towards them. We never truly know how someone is feeling deep down and what they are truly thinking, even when they open up to you and tell you their feelings, sometimes it not everything that they are feeling or maybe you don’t understand the reality of it when they are telling you.

My second reason for this paper is some people have had very traumatic things happen to them which have lead to the actions they are making right now for example, the love of my life, I met him when I was 15 and now I’m 24, we were together for 9 years and he was my first everything. He had a very hard life growing up and his parents did not care about what he did or who he did it with. They loved him very much but had a difficult way of showing it, this was hard for him to watch and must deal with as a kid himself. How his parents treated each other, how he was treated, and what he had to deal with which he dealt with from the day he was born until the day he died.

My last reason will explain how you are who you hang out with. This kind of life was all he knew because the people that were supposed to be his parents were more like his friends, unfortunately you can’t pick your family but when you’re old enough you can choose if you want to be a part of it or not.. They did not teach him right from wrong and they did not teach him how to respect his self. Both of his parents were addicts and they fought all the time. This was all he knew, and it was just the way he grew up. When I met him he was 19 and he was a good boy the sweetest person you will ever meet he would do anything for anyone he could fix anything and everything and he DID NOT follow in his parents footsteps. After 3 years his brother introduced him to injecting heroin and he completely changed, he was no longer the same person at all every so often I would catch a glimpse of his true self which is what kept me hanging on. He let it take over his life and it all happened so fast for anyone to even be able to process it. Before I knew it, it was too late! April of this year is when I got the phone call that he overdosed and died.

No one deserves to have these different drugs take over their life, but some just cannot conquer the challenge and they let it get the best of them. Thankfully, I was never one of those people, but I have grown up around it all my life and I have lost ones very dearly to me. This is something that neither party deserves to go through. Even though he is grown, and he made his own decisions, he did not deserve this! I am coping with my feelings, but I keep in mind all the good memories and that is what keeps me strong every day.to be honest I feel a sense of relief because I know that now he is ok and he is at peace. In my heart I 100% believe that he did not mean for this to happen and that he is disappointed in himself but I also know that he is happy now that he does not have to spend one more day in hell which is what we call “OUR” world!!!

Citation: https://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/drugs/why-do-people-take-drugs.html

Reference: EDITH “Eventually, drugs will completely destroy all the creativity a person has”.